Recently, I was asked to paint some
Battlestandard 3rd century Greeks by the owner of the company. Looking at the figures I decided that they also look like Carthaginian
citizen or African infantry. Since I needed Carthaginians more than I needed 3rd century Greeks I decided to paint them as such.
Carthaginian
citizen infantry looked a lot like Greek infantry of the same period. That is
because large number of Greek mercenaries fought in Carthaginian armies and Carthage fought Greek colonies in Sicily. Also, Carthaginians fought against Greek mercenary armies and had plenty of captured Greek equipment. Finally, let's not forget that Carthage was a trading super power of the
Mediterranean and Greek arms and armor was available through trade.
Battlestandard have large number of poses with various types of body armor of the period. Figures also come with large variety of separate heads and 4 or 5 large round shields variations. Figures are very detailed, but details are well raised and easy to paint. Figures are very smooth and round and it's easy to apply washes or highlight them.
Battlestandard miniatures are kind of
blocky with slightly
exaggerated arms and legs. They are the same
height and head proportion as Foundry Greek figures I painted at the same time. You can mix them with Foundry figures as long as a unit has the same size shields,
Battlestandard shields are the largest I've seen.
